With such a territory in hand, Qi Ping naturally wouldn’t go out and be subject to others anymore. He no longer wanted to hold his own lifeline in someone else’s hands. He had also come to see more and more clearly that so-called war and peace are merely thoughts in the minds of a small handful of people.
“View Natural Sanctuary data!”
With Qi Ping’s mental command, the rather luxurious data of the Natural Sanctuary was displayed.
[Natural Sanctuary Owner: Qi Ping]
[Sanctuary Level: Lv2 (26/200) (Coverage Area: Five hundred meters in radius)]
[Sanctuary Effects: All-attribute amplification, significant increase in the recovery speed of special energy for trees under Tree Spirit Contract, increased plant growth speed]
[Tree Spirit Contract: Star Spirit Wood (Spirit Gathering Technique), Blazing Sun Wood (Great Sun Refining Method + Great Sun Body Tempering Technique), Moonlight Tree (Moonlight Refining Method), Star Crystal Wood (Star Crystal Refining Method), Dark Iron Tree (Dark Stone Forging Technique)]
[Spirit Vein Essence: Second-order low-level]
[Number of Spirit Medicines: First-order spirit medicines (37 types)]
[Formation Arrays: Demonic Illusion Array (Second-order low-level), Concealment Array (Second-order low-level), Flowing Gold Array (Second-order low-level), Mysterious Gold Killing Array (Second-order mid-level), Fire Crow Array (Second-order mid-level)]
Looking at the powerful data of the sanctuary, Qi Ping felt a deep sense of satisfaction in his heart.
What qualifies as a proper territory? This is what a truly qualified territory looks like!
Over these five years, all five of his contracted spirit trees successfully broke through to the second order. The Blazing Sun Wood even advanced to the late second-order stage. After that, his sanctuary successfully upgraded to level two.
An area with a radius of five hundred meters is already much larger than ten soccer fields. Qi Ping’s territory was now many times bigger than before.
In the past, the small space felt a bit stifling, but now it had finally taken a complete and proper shape.
With the completion of the second-order low-level illusion array and the second-order concealment array, Qi Ping also had much more space to create spiritual lands.
The land close to the Spirit Vein Essence and the Spirit Gathering Tree had all been upgraded to second-order spiritual land. The areas farther away were first-order, and even the farthest edges had a decent concentration of spiritual energy.
After the territory successfully expanded, Qi Ping planted many flower-based spirit medicines.
The little spirit fox, the little flower demon, and the three-colored deer were the happiest about the expansion. It used to be too small for them, but now they could finally tinker with many things.
Tasty fruits, soft lawns…
Now, at a single glance, Qi Ping’s territory already looked much better than many private estates of high-level cultivators.
Especially the spirit trees that produced various phenomena, seemingly swallowing the sun and moon, the rich spiritual energy, and the rare spirit beasts—all of it reflected that this was a rare and blessed immortal dwelling!
Not even the three great families of Qingshi County at their peak could have achieved such a place.
One could imagine just how much Qi Ping had developed his territory during this time.
For now, there was nothing left in Qingshi County that could attract his interest, except for that cave dwelling on Peak No. 7 in District A.
But as for that place, Qi Ping would absolutely not consider entering it until his bee swarm had advanced as far as possible and Crow Crow had broken through to the third order.
Who knows if that place isn’t a huge trap? For example, like last year, when the rumored final secret realm exploded and a taboo-level terrifying magical insect burst out. A Nascent Soul-level big shot was directly taken out, and Core Formation cultivators died by at least a handful.
With such a precedent in mind, how could Qi Ping still have the courage to touch those things?
Aside from the territory’s expansion, the most fundamental change was the evolution of the Spirit Vein Essence.
Qi Ping spent a total of seven or eight years, off and on, to elevate this Spirit Vein Essence to the second order, bringing an endless stream of spiritual energy to his territory.
From that moment on, it truly became a territory capable of assisting Qi Ping’s rapid growth! The only pity was that Qi Ping currently didn’t have suitable second-order spirit medicine seeds. Otherwise, he could have started cultivating second-order spirit medicines right away, rapidly improving his own cultivation, and starting to cultivate a second-order bee swarm.
Therefore, Qi Ping’s most urgent task was to acquire more second-order spirit medicine seeds, bring them back, and let the pharmacist bees research various types and effects of honey.
Qi Ping’s territory now held thirty-six types of first-order spirit medicines, and he had planted over a thousand types of ordinary medicinal herbs and flowers! These ordinary flowers and herbs were collected by Qi Ping and his bees from various places in the Yunwu Mountain Range. Fortunately, the territory was large enough to accommodate so many herbs.
However, what truly satisfied Qi Ping the most was his progress in the way of formation arrays!
Over these five years, Qi Ping had immersed himself in the study of formation arrays, unable to tear himself away, and had become increasingly fascinated and awed by their power!
The ability to form arrays using the power of heaven and earth, with such mysterious and unpredictable strength, could truly be described as breathtaking.
With his powerful divine soul and the enlightenment brought by the [Three-Colored Spirit], Qi Ping’s progress in formation arrays had soared!
He had not only successfully laid out a second-order low-level illusion array and concealment array but had also recently completed a second-order mid-level fire-attribute killing array, the [Fire Crow Array], and a metal-attribute killing array, the [Mysterious Gold Killing Array]!
Regarding these two second-order mid-level killing arrays: the Fire Crow Array could release five fire crows with strength equivalent to the mid-stage Foundation Establishment realm to fight enemies. Moreover, as long as the array wasn’t broken and energy wasn’t depleted, the fire crows could be restored infinitely and continue attacking!
Within this array, Qi Ping had also superimposed a second-order mid-level Mysterious Gold Killing Array. This array could release seven extremely sharp metal sword energies at intervals, their attack power stronger than that of an average mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator!
Its characteristics were the same as the Fire Crow Array: the array unbroken, spiritual power inexhaustible, the means would never disappear.
Now, Qi Ping’s territory had a second-order spirit vein. Even though the covered area wasn’t large, the spiritual energy was incredibly abundant. At the very least, Foundation Establishment cultivators currently couldn’t possibly deplete it.
Furthermore, these two arrays were successfully laid out by Qi Ping based on his understanding of the True Intent of Fire and the True Intent of Metal, with the support of multiple talents like [Natural Sanctuary], [Natural Heart], and [Farming Domain], in addition to his powerful divine soul as a foundation. Not only were the array eyes difficult to find, but the arrays themselves were extremely stable.
Especially the core foundation of the Fire Crow Array was the second-order Blazing Sun Wood (Great Sun Refining Method + Great Sun Body Tempering Technique). With it, the power of the Fire Crow Array was elevated to another level.
With these two arrays in place, let alone mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators—even ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators would be utterly obliterated. Mid-stage Foundation Establishment ones could probably be killed swiftly within a few breaths!
To put it simply: if the entire Qingshi County joined forces right now, as long as the Core Formation cultivators of Qingyuan Sect didn’t intervene, Qi Ping could rely on the arrays he had set up to wipe them all out cleanly!
So with such arrays protecting his territory, Qi Ping could truly rest easy without worries.
As long as his arrays progressed a bit further, he could ensure that as long as Core Formation cultivators stayed out of it, any Foundation Establishment cultivator who came would just be serving themselves up as a meal!
The only thing he still needed to worry about were the outstanding cultivators among late-stage Foundation Establishment and perfect Foundation Establishment. Dealing with them would be much more difficult. Qi Ping still lacked some finesse in that regard.
Currently, Qi Ping’s limit was being able to barely set up second-order mid-level metal-attribute and fire-attribute arrays within his territory. To set up other types of arrays or second-order high-level arrays, he would first need to improve his divine soul and cultivation again.
Especially the strength of his divine soul—it was a hard requirement for setting up arrays. If it weren’t for the support of multiple talents within his territory, Qi Ping would have found it very difficult to lay out these two second-order mid-level killing arrays in such a short time.
“More than ten years have passed since I first established this territory…”
“I spent so much time and effort, even taking the risk of ambushing and killing that organization which refined infant children, just to gather enough resources to develop my territory…”
“After so much hard work, I’ve finally welcomed the best results today!”
Now, this impregnable home, abundant with spiritual lands, was the greatest reward for Qi Ping, a farming and bee-keeping cultivator.
The data panel of the Natural Sanctuary clearly displayed the development status of his territory and each milestone achievement, just as Qi Ping had wished for.
“Next, I need to find a way to get some second-order spirit medicines to rapidly multiply my bees. After being delayed for so long, it’s time for me to raise my cultivation level too…”
“Also, Crow Crow’s bloodline transformation is imminent. Relying solely on the solar essence produced by the Blazing Sun Wood won’t be enough for it…”
